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Reading is the foundation of school success. This booklet contains practical, parent-tested ideas that you want all families to know and practice. No matter what a child's age, research proves that parents, grandparents, relatives and friends can all play an important role in school success, especially in building needed reading skills. This booklet gives parents a step-by-step "blueprint" of specific, proven ways they can help their children (of all ages—birth to high schoolers) to build the reading skills they need to succeed in school—and in life. The suggestions, followed with helpful how-to's for parents, include: taking inventory of reading materials available around the house, building children's interest in reading, being a good reading role model, talking with children about what they're reading, using writing to encourage reading, connecting reading to real life, making reading fun and making sure children get lots of reading practice.